ISIS
When the sun sets: Jordan has until the sun sets today to hand over convicted terrorist Sajida al-Rishawi if it wants ISIS to spare the life of Jordanian pilot, Moaz al-Kassasbeh. That’s the new deadline the Islamist group apparently has set. Jordan has said it’s willing to do the swap. But what’s unknown is if such an exchange will spare the life of another hostage, Japanese journalist Kenji Goto. Sunset is at 5:30 p.m. Iraq time, or 9:30 a.m. ET.
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SYDNEY SIEGE
Inquest begins: Only one of the Sydney siege victims was shot by the gunman. The second was killed by officers’ bullets when they stormed the cafe. The revelations came in the opening day of an inquest into the 16-hour siege of a central Sydney cafe last month. It’s likely to further fuel questions about how New South Wales Police responded to the incident.
